Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Earned 58 Times Employees in 2019

by: ebayout

His salary is chump change compared to his total income.
What's the point?

by: FeelingFroggy

I would think that if this bothers one so badly that they lose sleep over it then maybe they should stop shopping on Amazon and if your an employee then find another job. Quit the jealously crap.

by: That Guy

"Earned"

by: plcombs

Warren Buffett also draws a modest salary, but in both cases their WEALTH typically increases by the Billions annually on stock values.  Salary at that level is just a formality...

by: Tubular Sales

The point is Bezo took 58 times the average employee's compensation.  Compare this to moron Devin Wenig who's compensation was 152 times average employee compensation.  Amazon is 50 times bigger than ebay.  Bezo's does own billions in stock but that's not the point.  Wenig and Schenkel should be getting a lot less.

by: Lightning

I guess it's an improvement over the days when ALL salaries were low, and business owners were the only ones making the money.  At least we have some ''working'' folks, and I use the term loosely, rising to the top of the income charts.  Maybe there's hope for the little guy, some trickle down effect.

The highest paid baseball pitchers are getting close to $1Million per game.  That's about $10,000 per PITCH, whether it's a strike, a ball, or gets hit over the fence for a home run.  Got knocked out in the first inning after only 15 pitches?? That's ok.  In that case, you earned $67,000 per pitch and can leave work early.  

A lot of salaries seem ridiculously high, but a capitalistic society benefits from everyone vying for those slots.  Brings general productivity way up.  If you're the guy or gal making the big bucks, good for you.  Glad someone is.  Now, the secret is holding onto it, because everyone wants to be king of the hill.

by: hawk

every empire rises , and every empire falls. one day they will all fall and someone else will take their place. history !  if anyone knows what history is anymore.  

by: ADJackson

I have noticed that this Website seems very pro Amazon and con eBay. Does this Website have a connection to Amazon? Bezos is greedy and leaves a lot to be desired. He treats his employees as if they are worthless slaves and yet so many admire him. I am astonished how anybody could say he earned the money. Well, he earned it off the sweat and toil of the those who work on the floor.

by: Chicago48

$1.68M is very low for a salary.  I guess he makes it up with stock options?

by: eastwestphoto

Never forget, he get stock increases and dividends also, NOT included in his salary published!

by: RKTOYS

I have not really seen a pro-Amazon bias here at all.  My take is that eBay was where alot of people got started with online sales, so eBay sellers tend to be a larger, if not the largest, demographic in seller forums.  Since eBay is making so many negative changes, of course the discussion looks anti-eBay.  There's a simple fix for that, though: eBay can stop being stupid and stop working against its customers.

Frankly, I all but wrote off Amazon years ago.  Their seller policies are actually worse than eBay.  The only reason I keep tabs at all is that they're often dumping product at far below what I'm offered at "wholesale."  As my B&M options have withered away, I've done my best to buy anywhere _but_ Amazon.

by: Chicago48

@RKtoys - I sell on AMZ and I don't have problems with AMZ, except where they gate products.

by: JohnGermaine

So disgusting and unreal -  

by: RKTOYS

@Chicago48 - I had an A2Z ruled summarily against me even though I had delivery confirmation, an open postal investigation, and a completely non-responsive customer following an online fraud guide step by step.  Never could reach a person at Amazon to hear what I was supposed to do or why my appeal was closed, with no explanation whatsoever, three minutes after filing it.  That was all I needed to know I wasn't going to do business with those clowns ever again.

by: Lightning

Re: Amazon and eBay
Hate 'em both equally, not picking favorites.